2017 Nordic Opening
# 2017 Nordic Opening

The 2017 Nordic Opening or the sixth Ruka Triple was the 8th edition of the Nordic Opening, an annual cross-country skiing mini-tour event. The three-day event was the first competition round of the 2017–18 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.

## World Cup points distribution

The winners of the overall standings were awarded 200 World Cup points and the winners of each of the three stages were awarded 50 World Cup points.

Nordic Opening Overall :

| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 200 | 160 | 120 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 72 | 64 | 58 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |

Nordic Overall Stage :

| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 50 | 46 | 43 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

A total of 350 points was possible to achieve if one athlete won all three stages and the overall standings.

## Overall standings

Men's Overall standings (1–10) :

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) | 1:12:18.5 |
| 2 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) | +0.4 |
| 3 | Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) | +1.0 |
| 4 | Alex Harvey (CAN) | +1.6 |
| 5 | Alexey Chervotkin (RUS) | +6.2 |
| 6 | Iivo Niskanen (FIN) | +7.2 |
| 7 | Didrik Tønseth (NOR) | +8.1 |
| 8 | Maurice Manificat (FRA) | +8.2 |
| 9 | Hans Christer Holund (NOR) | +8.2 |
| 10 | Calle Halfvarsson (SWE) | +10.7 |

Women's Overall standings (1–10) :

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Charlotte Kalla (SWE) | 54:21.2 |
| 2 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | +9.7 |
| 3 | Ragnhild Haga (NOR) | +33.9 |
| 4 | Heidi Weng (NOR) | +38.0 |
| 5 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) | +40.2 |
| 6 | Teresa Stadlober (AUT) | +41.0 |
| 7 | Stina Nilsson (SWE) | +46.7 |
| 8 | Natalya Nepryayeva (RUS) | +1:01.6 |
| 9 | Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) | +1:10.1 |
| 10 | Sadie Bjornsen (USA) | +1:18.0 |

## Overall leadership by stage

Overall leadership by stage :

| Stage | Men | Men | Women | Women |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Stage | Winner | Overall standings | Winner | Overall standings |
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Stina Nilsson | Sadie Bjornsen |
| 2 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Marit Bjørgen | Charlotte Kalla |
| 3 | Maurice Manificat | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Ragnhild Haga | Charlotte Kalla |
| Final | Final | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Final | Charlotte Kalla |
